Lester Holt named permanent anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’ by PRIDE Newsdesk • June 19, 2015 Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, on Thursday announced that Lester Holt will be named the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News, making him the first African American solo anchor of a broadcast network’s evening newscast. Holt, 56,…Read more →